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The School is currently inviting applications for three 50th Anniversary Research Scholarships. The closing date for applications is 1st June 2012. These will take the form of Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs) which will cover tuition fees at the Home/EU rate plus a combined maintenance grant and salary, equivalent to the maintenance grant offered by the UK Research Councils (£13,590 in 2011-12). GTA candidates may apply to the School for an extension scholarship (maintenance grant and home/EU fees) to support up to 6-12 months of additional research after the GTA has finished.

Full details.

The School will award several PhD studentships in 2011/12. Our studentships are open to candidates of all nationalities applying to the PhD programme in Actuarial Science, Mathematics or Statistics. Applicants must have a good Honours degree (either first or upper second class), or a Masters degree in a relevant subject.

SMSAS PhD studentships funded by a Research Council such as the EPSRC or NERC cover tuition fees at the Home/EU rate and provide a maintenance grant for 3.5 years (subject to satisfactory progress) at the same rate as the UK Research Council's (£13,590 per annum in 2011-12).

SMSAS PhD studentships not funded by a Research Council will take the form of Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs). Students engaged as Graduate Teaching Assistants hold a unique position in the University in that they are both registered students in receipt of a scholarship award and employees of the University.

Teaching duties may include: marking, demonstrating, tutoring, outreach and, where appropriate, lecturing. The School expects that GTA students will do no more than 6 hours of teaching and teaching-related duties per week during term-time.

The GTAs cover tuition fees at the Home/EU rate plus a combined maintenance grant and salary, equivalent to the maintenance grant offered by the UK Research Councils (£13,590 in 2011-12). These are offered for 3 years (subject to satisfactory progress in research and teaching). GTA candidates may apply to the School for an extension scholarship (maintenance grant and home/EU fees) to support up to 6-12 months of additional research after the GTA has finished.

Full GTA terms and conditions

All scholarships include a travel grant of up to £500 p.a. to allow students to present their work at national and international conferences.

International students seeking funding to cover the International tuition fee are advised to visit the University's Scholarships and Loans page.

Special procedures apply if you wish to apply for a 50th Anniversary Scholarship. The current procedures for all other applications for an SMSAS studentship are as follows.

Candidates must make a formal application for postgraduate research study at the University of Kent and select School Research Scholarship under 'How are you intending to fund your studies?'.

SMSAS studentship applications will be considered in two rounds.

The deadlines for receipt of a fully-completed application are:

1. First deadline 20th April 2012 - deadline has passed - but see below
2. Second deadline 22nd June 2012.

Early application is recommended. Funding may become available late summer if an applicant withdraws or fails to meet the conditions of the offer. Therefore applications will continue to be accepted after the deadline date, but will only be considered in these circumstances.

The selection criteria for all PhD applications are:

• Degree classification and course marks
• Quality of reference letters
• Feasibility of the proposed research and availability of suitable supervisory team
• Suitability for doctoral research in chosen research area
• Suitability for teaching (for GTA positions only)
• Performance at an interview

Full details of all University scholarships are available from the University's Postgraduate funding page.

Applicants settled in the UK may be eligible for a Professional and Career Development Loan to self-fund their studies.